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Show ^~ TfaTh^pe)1: °r' 1 tee he bruflh 610* «* * tWlrf**"i, TwofreckclM-hag-born Whelps; not honour d «.th A humane fhape. , • c;;i(>l. Arid. Yes! Otfito her Son. «nd ^ ""/''^j ^ that w „ , whom I P f • M ^ ' ^ ^ J U ^ f t ^ t T t i T l did mid thee: in, thy now keep in fervice 1 Hon ncit '>"";' , „ ft 0f ever ;ingry Bears, it groans did make Wolves W ^ j S ; « could ne'er Vain undo : T X ^ S t t S R ^ ^ SES-.*. P-to gape and let thee out. >/V/. I thank thee, Mafter. , Pw>. If thou more murmureft, I will rend an Oak, And peg thee in his knotty Entrails, till thou Haft howl'd away twelve Winters more. Ariel. Pardon, Matter, I will be correfpondent to command, and be A gentle Spirit. ,.„, , Profp. Dofo, and after two days I'll difchargc thee. # Ariel. That's m y noble Mafter. What fhall I do? fay? what? what fhall I do? Profp. Befubiedto no fight but mine; invifible to Every Eye-Ball elfe : hence with diligence. M y Daughter wakes. Anon thou fhalt know more. L^*- Aiiti. Thou haft flept well m y Child. Mir. The fadnefs of your ftory put heavinefs in me. Profp. Shake it off; come on, I'll now call Caliban, m y Slave, W h o never yields us a kind Anfwer. Mir. 'Tis a Creature, Sir, I do not love to look on. Profp. But as'tis, w e cannot mifs him; he does make our Fire, fetch in our Wood, and ferve in Offices that profit us : What hoa! Slave! Caliban I thou Eartli thou, fpeak. Calib. within. There's W o o d enough within. Profp. Come forth, I fay, there's other bufinefs for thee. Come thou Tortoife, when ? [Enter Ariel. Fine Apparition, m y quaint Ariel, Hark in thy Ear. Ariel. M y Lord it fhall be done. [Exit. Profp. Thou poifonous Slave, got by the Devil himfelf upon thy wicked D a m, come forth. [Enter Caliban. Calib. As wicked Dew, as e'er m y Mother brufh'd with Raven's Feather from unwholfome Fens, drop on you both : A South-weft blow on you, and blifter you all o'er. Profp. For this befure, to night thou fhalt have Cramps , Side-ftitches, that fhall pen thy breath up ; Urchins fhall prick thee till thou bleed'tf: thou fhalt be pinch'd as thick as Honey-Combs, each pinch more flinging than the Bees which made 'cm. Calib. I muft eat m y Dinner: this Ifland's mine by Sycorax m y Mother, which thou took'ft from me. When thou cam'ft firft, thou ftroak'ft m e , and mad'ft much of me , would'ft give me Water with Berries in't, and teach m e how to nanre thc bigger Light, and how the lefs, that burn by day and night ; and then 1 lov'd thee, and fhew'd thee all the qualities of the Ifle, the frefh-Springs, brine- Pits, barren places, and fertil. Curs'd be I, that I did fo: All the Charms of Syco- ™£> T o a d s> Beetles, Batts, light on thee, for I am all the Subjects that thou haft. I hrit was mine own Lord ; and here thou ftay'ft m c in this hard Rock, whiles thou doft keep me from the reft o' th' Ifland. Profp. Thou moft lying Slave, w h o m ifripes may move, not kindnefs: I have \ tliee fhltn that thou art; with humane care, and lodg'd thee in mine own *-eu, till thou didft feek to violate the honour of m v Children. Calib. The Enchanted ljland. 235 Calib. Oh ho, Oh ho, would t'had been done: thou did'ft prevent me, I had Peopl'd elfe this Ifle with Calibans. Profp. Abhor'd Slave! W h o ne'er would any print of goodnefs take, being capable of all ill: I pity'd thee, took pains to make thee (peak, taught thee each hour one thing or other; when thou didft not (% ) know thy own meaning, but would'ft gabble, like a thing moft brutifh, J Qfdow'd thy purpofes with words which made them known: But thy wild hough thou did'ft learn,) had that in't, which good Natures could not abide to be with: therefore waft thou defervedly pent up into this Rock. Calib. You taught m e Language, and m y profit by it is, that I know to Curfe - the Red Botch rid you tor learning m e your language. Profp. Hag-feed hence ! Fetch us in fcwel, and be quick T o anfwer other bufinefs: fhrugft thou (Malice) If thou neglecteft or doft unwillingly what I Command, I'll wrack thee with old Cramps, fill all thy Bones with Aches, make thee roar, that Beafts fhall tremble At thy Din. Calib. N o prethee.' I muft obey. His Art is of fuch power, It would control m y Dam's God, Setebos, And make a VaiTal of him. Profp. So Slave, hence. [Exeunt Profpero and Caliban feveraMy, Enter Dorinda. Dor. O h Sifter ! what have I beheld ? Mir. W h a t is it moves you fo ? Dor. From yonder Rock, As I m v Eyes caft down upon the Seas, The whittling Winds blew rudely on m y face, And the Waves roar'd ; at firft I thought the W a r Had been between themfelves, but itrait I fpy'd A huge great Creature. Mir. O you mean the Ship. Dor. Is't not a Creature then ? it feem'd alive. Mir. But what of it? Dor. This floating R a m did bear his Horns above; All ty'd with Ribbands, ruffling in the Wind, Sometimes he nodded down his head a while, And then the Waves did heave him to the M o o n ; H e clamb'ring to thc top of all the Billows, And then again he curtfy'd down fo low, 1 could not fee him : till, at laft, all fide long With a great crack his Belly burft in pieces. Mir. There all had perifht Had not m y Father's Magick Art reliev'd them. But, Sifter, I have ftranger N e w s to tell you; In this great Creature there were other Creatures, And fhortly w e may chance to fee that thing, Which you have heard m y Father call, a Man. Dor. But what is that ? for yet he never told me. Mir. I know no more than you: but I have heard M y Father fay w e W o m e n were made for him. Dor. What, that he fhould eat us, Sifter ? Mir. N o fure, you fee m y Father is a M a n , and yet H e does us good. I would he were not old. Dor. Methinks indeed it would be finer, if w e two Had* two young Fathers. Mir. N o Sifter, no, if they were young, m y ratner •^BTj^taRS^ we two are not Brothers then, «* have not Beards like him ? Mir. Now I confefs you pofe me. Dor. How did he come to be our Father too |